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Howwwwl At The Moon
Students explore vowel digraphs. They discuss what a vowel digraph is and discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students read "The Napping House." They practice spelling words with the /ow/ sound in them. Students read words with the /ow/...
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Sound- Alike Words 5- Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills
In this literacy worksheet, students read the definition of homophones at that top of the page before reading 15 sentences. They underline the incorrect word in each sentence and write the proper homophone on the line next to each sentence.
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Guess the Secret Code
Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...
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Short E and Long E
In this long e and short e practice worksheet, learners study 16 examples of word pairs that feature the long and short e sounds.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2
In this short i worksheet, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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1st Grade Spelling: Long "e"
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the long "e" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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1st Grade Spelling: Long "o"
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice instructional activity, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the long "o" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Persuasive Essay PowerPoints
Students address issues important to them by creating a PowerPoint presentation. For this persuasive writing lesson, students discuss issues with their classmates that they wish to address through a persuasive essay they will...
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Alphabet Poems
Develop fluency with a variety of works. Help kindergartners use multiple strategies to understand text and decoding. They will create an alphabet poem book on Kid Works 2 to illustrate and write their own poem. In the end, they will...
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Picturing Text
Learners, through observation and discussion about the Coffin of Djed Mut, make connections between hieroglyphs and the English writing system. They create their own visual story using symbols that represent words.
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Call of the Wild: Grades K-4
The sound a frog makes lets people know what it's up to. A two-part lesson begins by discussing the life cycle of a frog and the individual stages with drawings. The second part has learners listen to the frogs' different sounds and what...
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6th Grade: Express Yourself, Lesson 1: Poem
While originally created to accompany The Cay, this poetry lesson could be used on it's own, especially if you are working on dialect. Class members conduct a close reading of "When Malindy Sings" by Paul Laurence Dunbar and listen to an...
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Allusion and Illusion: Definitions and Examples
Illusions and allusions certainly sound similar but there is a world of difference in their meanings. The narrator of this short video distinguishes between these terms, defines them, and offers examples that are sure to engage viewers....
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Compact-Ness
Creating a definition may be easier than it sounds! Give your classes experience creating their own definition. Scholars examine the meaning of the compact-ness of a scatter plot and create their own definitions based on measurements.
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Understanding the Poem
Practice literary analysis with your poetry pupils using the mysterious narrative poem "The Listeners." They examine the archaic language and answer 12 comprehension and analysis prompts. Foster creativity with these referential...
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Percussion Composition
Learners create and present a short composition. Using skills, techniques and processes, students select, combine and manipulate sound and silence.
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Expressive Eloquent Experts
What does it mean to read expressively? Beginning readers hear examples of expressive reading and partner up to practice. One partner reads The Littlest Pumpkin and the other partner reads Franklin and his Friend. While...
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English is So Tricky
In this homophone worksheet students read examples of either homophones, or words spelled the same with different meanings. Students answer 8 questions on this challenging worksheet.
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Troublesome Word Pairs
This worksheet helps to understand when to use commonly confused words. It includes definitions, writing exercises, and questions that require paraphrasing the meaning of sentences. A good exercise for middle schoolers, or review for...
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Commonly Misused Words
Affect or effect? Ensure, insure or assure? Here’s a presentation that focuses on commonly misused words that sound similar yet have different spelling and meanings. The homonyms are defined and then examples are presented. Consider...
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Spelling
Learners are taught the spellings of some words with a specific prefix. They comprehend the terms prefix and suffix. Students define the word pre as before and they relate the definition of prefix: the letter blends come before the word....
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Lesson 11 BL Group
Three different groups work simultaneously in this lesson. One group works on sight word review by holding up common words on flashcards and passing them around in a circle. Another group reviews word blending by pulling graphemes out of...
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1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
Using Walt Whitman's Song of Myself and Hart Crane's The Bridge as models, class groups first craft their own epic poems for 1900 and, using primary sources, create a multi-media presentation that captures the sights and...
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Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Does your class know about the meaning of Memorial Day? Discuss the history of the holiday in this lesson, which prompts elementary and middle schoolers to create word webs of ideas about the holiday. Additionally, they create poems...